Summary

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN HALLWAY.

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Reel Summary A 15 YEAR OLD AFRICAN AMERICAN GIRL'S QUIET INQUIRY INTO HER LIFE IN A SEGREGATED COMMUNITY. FILMED IN HER HOME, SCHOOL, AND NEIGHBORHOOD IN WATTS, CALIFORNIA, IN THE SPRING OF 1965, SHORTLY BEFORE THE AREA WAS DEVASTATED BY RIOTING. NOT A "PROTEST FILM", BUT ONE PERCEPTIVE AND ARTICULATE GIRL'S ASSESSMENT OF HER SITUATION AS A PART OF A MINORITY GROUP AND THE GENERAL FRUSTRATION OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATION AS A WHOLE. EXPRESSES HER OWN OBSERVATIONS AND FEELINGS ABOUT ELEMENTS OF HER DAILY LIFE, INCLUDING OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, COLLEGE, WHITES, WATTS, AND THE FUTURE. ADOLESCENCE. MINORITIES. BLACKS.
Description HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN HALLWAY.
Genre MINORITIES
Color b&w
Year 1965
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